Most teams don't need more tools. They need someone to cut through the noise, find the few that matter, and help their people actually use them. That's what I do: practically, ethically, and with your capacity in mind. I've run an AI startup, written the grants that funded it, and shipped my own AI products, so my advice comes from doing, not from a webinar.
Do more for the people you serve without growing headcount: grant writing, comms, admin, and reporting, made lighter.
Find the AI that earns its keep in your real workflows, and skip the expensive experiments that go nowhere.
Punch above your weight. The right setup lets one person run what used to take a team, sustainably.
I keep pricing transparent so you can self-qualify before we ever talk. Nonprofit and sliding-scale rates are real: mission budgets are why I do this work. Every engagement starts with the assessment.
Prices in CAD. SME assessments and fractional AI-lead engagements are quoted individually. Ask for the full rate sheet →
A workflow audit plus team interviews, typically two to four weeks depending on the size of your team, always tool-agnostic. You walk away with a plan you could hand to anyone, and a debrief where I tell you the truth, even when the truth is that you don't need me.
If a recommendation ever touches a tool I built, I say so out loud and show you the alternatives first. That rule is the whole business.
Book an assessment →AI should give people their time and attention back, not flood them with more outputs to wrangle. Every recommendation I make is filtered through one question: does this reduce the load on a human being?
That means honest advice about what AI can't or shouldn't do, careful attention to privacy and data, and a Canadian-first preference for tools that respect where your data lives.
Before I ever advised anyone on AI, I co-founded and led a Canadian AI startup for five years, and I still ship software every week. Grant Shifter is my grant-discovery and writing tool for Canadian nonprofits and small businesses: it searches 3,000+ live grants, awards and challenges, explains the fit, and drafts with you while you stay the author.
One honest rule comes with that: if a tool I built ever shows up in a recommendation to you, I say so out loud and show you the alternatives first.
Visit grantshifter.com →A free 20-minute call. Bring your biggest time-sink and I'll tell you honestly whether AI can help and what I'd do first.